Hamburg state prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a series of arson attacks on cars across the city, which leads her to a startling and life-threatening discovery involving criminal gangs and a very illicit love story.... Night after night, cars are set alight across the German city of Hamburg, with no obvious pattern, no explanation and no suspect. Until, one night, on Mexico Street, a ghetto of high-rise blocks in the north of the city, a Fiat is torched. Only this car isn't empty. The body of Nouri Saroukhan - prodigal son of the Bremen clan - is soon discovered and the case becomes a homicide. Public prosecutor Chastity Riley is handed the investigation, which takes her deep into a criminal underground that snakes beneath the whole of Germany. And as details of Nouri's background, including an illicit relationship with the mysterious Aliza, emerge, it becomes clear that these are not random attacks and there are more on the cards....

Mexico Street (Chastity Riley, 3)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Buchholz, Simone

Mystery

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

The hair stands up on the back of my neck and I get an age-old feeling in my belly. Like there’s a fight ahead. Like something’s really about to go off… After convicting a superior for corruption and shooting off a gangster’s crown jewels, the career of Hamburg’s most hard-bitten state prosecutor, Chastity Riley, has taken a nose dive: she has been transferred to the tedium of witness protection to prevent her making any more trouble. However, when she is assigned to the case of an anonymous man lying under police guard in hospital – almost every bone in his body broken, a finger cut off, and refusing to speak in anything other than riddles – Chastity’s instinct for the big, exciting case kicks in. Using all her powers of persuasion, she soon gains her charge’s confidence, and finds herself on the trail to Leipzig, a new ally, and a whole heap of lethal synthetic drugs. When she discovers that a friend and former colleague is trying to bring down Hamburg’s Albanian mafia kingpin single-handedly, it looks like Chas Riley’s dull life on witness protection really has been short-lived… Fresh, fiendishly fast-paced and full of devious twists and all the hard-boiled poetry and acerbic wit of the best noir, Blue Night marks the stunning start of a brilliant new crime series, from one of Germany’s bestselling authors. ‘Stripped back in style and deadpan in voice, Blue Night is a scintillating romp around the German criminal underworld and back’ Doug Johnston, The Big Issue 'By turns lyrical and pithy, this adventure set in the melting pot of contemporary Hamburg has a plot and a sensibility that both owe something to mind-altering substances. Lots of fun’ Times Crime Club ‘Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-is sense of time and space. Blue Night is a palpable hit’ Barry Forshaw ‘By turns lyrical and pithy, this adventure set in the melting pot of contemporary Hamburg has a plot and a sensibility that both owe something to mind-altering substances. Disgraced state prosecutor Chastity Riley chases round the dive bars of the port city pursuing and being pursued by a beguiling cast of cops, criminals and chums, delivering scalding one-liners as she goes. Lots of fun’ Times Crime Club ‘Blue Night has great sparkling energy, humour and stylistic verve … and the story itself is gripping and pacey’ Rosie Goldsmith, European Literature Network ‘A must-read, stylish and highly original take on the detective novel, written with great skill and popping with great characters’ Judith O’Reilly, author of Killing State 'Constantly surprising, Blue Night is an original, firecracker of a read' Liz Robinson ‘Blue Night has great sparkling energy, humour and stylistic verve … and the story itself is gripping and pacey' Rosie Goldsmith, European Literature Network ‘If Philip Marlowe and Bernie Gunther had a literary love child, it might just explain Chastity Riley - Simone Buchholz’s tough, acerbic, utterly engaging central character’ William Ryan

Blue Night (1) (Chastity Riley)

Orenda Books

Chastity Riley and her new sidekick Ivo investigate the case of newspaper executives who have been caged and tortured outside their offices ... on a trail that leads them to the hothouse world of boarding schools and some harrowing secrets... You loved Dark ... now meet Chastity Riley 'Caustic, incisive prose. A street-smart, gutsy heroine. A timely and staggeringly stylish thriller' Will Carver 'With plenty of dry humour and a good old dash of despair, Simone Buchholz is an unconventional, refreshing new voice' Crime Fiction Lover 'Lyrical and pithy' Sunday Times _______________ On a warm September morning, an unconscious man is found in a cage at the entrance to the offices of one of Germany's biggest magazines. He's soon identified as a manager of the company, and he's been tortured. Three days later, another manager appears in a similar way. Chastity Riley and her new colleague Ivo Stepanovic are tasked with uncovering the truth behind the attacks, an investigation that goes far beyond the revenge they first suspect ... to the dubious past shared by both victims. Travelling to the south of Germany, they step into the hothouse world of boarding schools, where secrets are currency, and monsters are bred ... monsters who will stop at nothing to protect themselves. A smart, dark, probing thriller, full of all the hard-boiled poetry and acerbic wit of the very best noir, Beton Rouge is both a classic whodunit and a scintillating expose of society, by one of the most exciting names in crime fiction. _______________ 'Stripped back in style and deadpan in voice, this is a scintillating romp' Doug Johnstone, Big Issue 'With brief, pacy chapters and fizzling dialogue, this almost feels like American procedural noir and not a translation' Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time 'There is a fantastic pace to the story which keeps you hooked from the first sentence all the way to the end. Once again Simone Buchholz holds no punches, with a unique voice that delivers a stylish story' New Books Magazine 'The follow-up to Blue Night is a smart and witty book that shines a probing spotlight on society' CultureFly 'Fans of Brookmyre could do worse than checking out Simone Buchholz, a star of the German crime lit scene who has been deftly translated into English by Rachel Ward' Goethe Institute 'Beton Rouge is a killer read, original, unusual and yet I felt that a part of it, in fact a part of Chastity, lodged itself deeply within my soul, it's quite simply fabulous' LoveReading 'Great sparkling energy, humour and stylistic verve' Rosie Goldsmith 'Short chapters, snappy sentences, witty dialogue and succinct writing have created a fast-paced, "just one more chapter" read ... much more than a crime novel' Off-the-Shelf Books 'A fantastic story in a unique voice' Mumbling about... 'A stunning novel that ends up exploding in your face' The Last Word Book Review 'The story and writing slowly seep into your soul' Books Are My Cwtches 'An excellent slice of atmospheric crime' Blue Book Balloon

Beton Rouge (2) (Chastity Riley)

Hamburg state prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a series of arson attacks on cars across the city, which leads her to a startling and life-threatening discovery involving criminal gangs and a very illicit love story... 'Another brilliant adventure in the company of Chastity Riley, the coolest character in crime fiction. Darkly funny and written with a huge heart'&nbsp;Doug Johnstone 'Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers ... a truly unique voice in crime fiction'&nbsp;Graeme Macrae Burnet 'Caustic, incisive prose. A street-smart, gutsy heroine. A timely and staggeringly stylish thriller'&nbsp;Will Carver &nbsp;________________ Night after night, cars are set alight across the German city of Hamburg, with no obvious pattern, no explanation and no suspect. Until, one night, on Mexico Street, a ghetto of high-rise blocks in the north of the city, a Fiat is torched. Only this car isn't empty. The body of Nouri Saroukhan - prodigal son of the Bremen clan - is soon discovered, and the case becomes a homicide. Public prosecutor Chastity Riley is handed the investigation, which takes her deep into a criminal underground that snakes beneath the whole of Germany. And as details of Nouri's background, including an illicit relationship with the mysterious Aliza, emerge, it becomes clear that these are not random attacks, and there are more on the cards... ________________ 'A stylish, whip-smart thriller'&nbsp;Russel McLean 'Lyrical and pithy'&nbsp;Sunday Times&nbsp; 'Fierce enough to stab the heart'&nbsp;Spectator 'A real blast of adrenaline'&nbsp;Big Issue 'Sharp and unrelenting'&nbsp;CultureFly 'Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-ish sense of time and space'&nbsp;Financial Times 'Deeply moody, atmospheric and evocative'&nbsp;Blue Book Balloon 'An unconventional, refreshing new voice'&nbsp;Crime Fiction Lover

Mexico Street (3) (Chastity Riley)

<div> Chastity Riley and her friends are held hostage in a hotel bar by twelve armed men set on revenge, in a searing, breathtakingly original new thriller from the ''Queen of Krimi''. ''Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-is sense of time and space ... a palpable hit''&nbsp;Independent ''Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers ... a truly unique voice in crime fiction''&nbsp;Graeme Macrae Burnet ''If Philip Marlowe and Bernie Gunther had a literary love child, it might just explain Chastity Riley - Simone Buchholz''s tough, acerbic, utterly engaging central character''&nbsp;William Ryan _______________ Twenty floors above the shimmering lights of the Hamburg docks, Public Prosecutor Chastity Riley is celebrating a birthday with friends in a hotel bar when twelve heavily armed men pull out guns, and take everyone hostage. Among the hostages is Konrad Hoogsmart, the hotel owner, who is being targeted by a young man whose life - and family - have been destroyed by Hoogsmart''s actions. With the police looking on from outside - their colleagues'' lives at stake - and Chastity on the inside, increasingly ill from an unexpected case of sepsis, the stage is set for a dramatic confrontation ... and a devastating outcome for the team ... all live streamed in a terrifying bid for revenge. Crackling with energy and populated by a cast of unforgettable characters,&nbsp;Hotel Cartagena&nbsp;is a searing, relevant thriller that will leave you breathless. _______________ Praise for the Chastity Riley series ''Caustic, incisive prose. A street-smart, gutsy heroine. A timely and staggeringly stylish thriller''&nbsp;Will Carver ''With plenty of dry humour and a good old dash of despair, Simone Buchholz is an unconventional, refreshing new voice''&nbsp;Crime Fiction Lover ''Lyrical and pithy''&nbsp;Sunday Times&nbsp; ''With brief, pacy chapters and fizzling dialogue, this almost feels like American procedural noir and not a translation''&nbsp;Maxim Jakubowski,&nbsp;Crime Time ''There is a fantastic pace to the story which keeps you hooked from the first sentence all the way to the end ... a unique voice that delivers a stylish story''&nbsp;New Books Magazine ''A smart and witty book that shines a probing spotlight on society''&nbsp;CultureFly ''Fans of Brookmyre could do worse than checking out Simone Buchholz, a star of the German crime lit scene who has been deftly translated into English by Rachel Ward''&nbsp;Goethe Institute ''Stripped back in style and deadpan in voice ... a scintillating romp around the German criminal underworld and back''&nbsp;Doug Johnstone,&nbsp;Big Issue ''By turns lyrical and pithy, this adventure set in the melting pot of contemporary Hamburg has a plot and a sensibility that both owe something to mind-altering substances. Lots of fun''&nbsp;Sunday Times ''Disgraced state prosecutor Chastity Riley chases round the dive bars of the port city pursuing and being pursued by a beguiling cast of cops, criminals and chums, delivering scalding one-liners as she goes''&nbsp;The Times ''Great sparkling energy, humour and stylistic verve ... and the story itself is gripping and pacey''&nbsp;Rosie Goldsmith, European Literature Network ''A must-read, stylish and highly original take on the detective novel, written with great skill and popping with great characters''&nbsp;Judith O''Reilly, author of&nbsp;Killing State ''Constantly surprising ... an original, firecracker of a read''&nbsp;LoveReading </div>

Hotel Cartagena (4) (Chastity Riley)

RIVER CLYDE: The word-of-mouth BESTSELLER (5) (Chastity Riley)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Hamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley becomes involved in the horrifying, chilling search for a violent serial killer targeting dancers from a club ... the first book in an award-winning, wildly original, addictive series... ' Such a revelation' Laura Lippman ' Gruesome and assured, Buchholz' s work remains as persuasive as ever' Barry Forshaw, Financial Times ' Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers ... a truly unique voice in crime fiction' Graeme Macrae Burnet ' Unpredictable, shocking and funny ... Simone Buchholz is my favourite German crime writer' Mark Sanderson, The Times **WINNER of the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A serial killer is on the loose in Hamburg, targeting dancers from The Acapulco, a club in the city' s red-light district, taking their scalps as gruesome trophies and replacing them with plastic wigs. Chastity Riley is the state prosecutor responsible for crimes in the district, and she' s working alongside the police as they investigate. Can she get inside the mind of the killer? Her strength is thinking like a criminal; her weaknesses are pubs, bars and destructive relationships, but as Chastity searches for love and a flamboyant killer - battling her demons and the dark, foggy Hamburg weather - she hits dead end after dead end. As panic sets in and the death toll rises, it becomes increasingly clear that it may already be too late. For everyone... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' Caustic, incisive prose. A street-smart, gutsy heroine. A timely and staggeringly stylish thriller' Will Carver ' The coolest character in crime fiction ... Darkly funny and written with a huge heart' Doug Johnstone, Big Issue ' Modern noir, with taut storytelling, a hard-bitten heroine, and underlying melancholy peppered with wry humour' New Zealand Listener ' Dark, atmospheric, and complex, with often surprisingly emotional ... a classy piece of fiction from an author who never disappoints' Jen Med' s Book Reviews Praise for the Chastity Riley series: 'Combines nail-biting tension with off-beat humor ... Elmore Leonard fans will be enthralled' Publishers Weekly 'Buchholz doles out delicious black humor ... interwoven in a manner that ramps up the intrigue and tension' Foreword Reviews ' Lyrical and pithy' Sunday Times 'Fierce enough to stab the heart' Spectator 'A real blast of adrenaline' Big Issue 'Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-ish sense of time and space' Financial Times 'A stylish, whip-smart thriller' Russel McLean

The Acapulco (6) (The Chastity Reloaded)

Hamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley and her colleagues investigate the murders of men with a history of abuse towards women ... as a startling, horrifying series of revelations emerge. Germany's Queen of Krimi returns with the darkly funny, mesmerizingly dark next instalment in an addictive series... &nbsp; 'Simone Buchholz is my favourite German crime writer' Mark Sanderson,&nbsp;The Times &nbsp; 'Such a revelation' Laura Lippman &nbsp; 'German-American Chastity Riley [is] snooty, churlish, sarcastic, sometimes drunk and always inappropriate. The whole series breaks the boundaries of typical crime novels' Romy Hausmann &nbsp; 'A distinctive voice, and a flawed but compelling protagonist. This is vintage Buchholz - style and sass and St Pauli' Will Carver &nbsp; ________ When neatly packed male body parts wash up by the River Elbe, Hamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley and her colleagues begin a perplexing investigation. As the murdered men are identified, it becomes clear that they all had a history of abuse towards women, leading Riley to wonder if it would actually be in society's best interests to catch the killers. But when her best friend Carla is attacked, and the police show little interest in tracking down the offenders, Chastity takes matters into her own hands. As a link between the two cases emerges, horrifying revelations threaten Chastity's own moral compass, and put everything at risk... ____ &nbsp; Praise for the Chastity Riley series &nbsp; ***WINNER of the CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger*** ***WINNER of the German Crime Book of the Year Award*** &nbsp; 'Ice-cool, effortlessly classy prose'&nbsp;Observer &nbsp; 'Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers'&nbsp;Graeme Macrae Burnet &nbsp; 'Gruesome and assured, Buchholz's work remains as persuasive as ever'&nbsp;Financial Times &nbsp; 'Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-ish sense of time and space ... a palpable hit'&nbsp;Independent &nbsp; 'With brief, pacy chapters and fizzling dialogue, this almost feels like American procedural noir and not a translation'&nbsp;Maxim Jakubowski &nbsp; 'There is a fantastic pace to the story ... a unique voice that delivers a stylish story'&nbsp;NB Magazine &nbsp; 'A smart and witty book that shines a probing spotlight on society'&nbsp;CultureFly &nbsp; 'A must-read, stylish and highly original take on the detective novel'&nbsp;Judith O'Reilly &nbsp; 'A real blast of adrenaline'&nbsp;Big Issue &nbsp; 'Elmore Leonard fans will be enthralled'&nbsp;Publishers Weekly &nbsp; 'Buchholz doles out delicious black humour [and] ramps up the intrigue and tension'&nbsp;Foreword Reviews &nbsp; 'Fierce enough to stab the heart'&nbsp;Spectator &nbsp; 'A modern classic'&nbsp;CrimeTime &nbsp; 'A stylish, whip-smart thriller'&nbsp;Herald Scotland

The Kitchen (2) (The Chastity Reloaded series)

Revolverherz: Ein Hamburg-Krimi

Knaur Taschenbuch

Blaue Nacht

Suhrkamp Verlag AG

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